papers of John Thomas, mariner, & family, including letter with news of safe voyage, 1814, doctor's bill, 1817, letter with news of arrival at Flint, damage by storm, 1839, appeal for funds for memorial for drowning of John Thomas & son in

1814 - 1839

correspondence travel weather death ships

5344

deposition of Owen Griffith of Llanwrst, Denbigh, & John Evans, master of the Armina, sloop, regarding cargo of salt lost off Abergele, 1815;

1815

ships

XM1573

papers of the Thomas family of Caernarfon including 103-15, shipping & other papers including discharge certificates for the Walton, British Princess, testimonial & wages account book, of Robert Thomas, shipwright, 1856-93; 1

1816 - 1893

service ships

XD/8/6/68

receipt for shipping 4 cases, 1 trunk & 1 crate of furniture on the Lark of Liverpool to Pwllheli, 3 June 1817

letter from George Bettiss to W. Glynne Griffith, Bodegroes with discussion of the harbour & quay, 1824;

1823 - 1824

correspondence ports

M/1763

transcript of diary of Thomas Clarkson, anti-slaver, on Welsh tour including ports, 28 June - 11 November 1824

1824

journal slavery

newborough archives 15926

copy letter from W.G. Griffith to Wiliam Elias regarding two vessels with slates for Rhuddlan, 1824

1824

correspondence ships cargo

newborough archives 13379-517

papers on boating & yachting, 1825-1953, n.d.;

1825 - 1953

sailing leisure

Hughes 114-20

papers of Capt. John Hughes, Palmyra, his wife Elizabeth & their son Capt. John Hughes, 1826-33, including correspondence, papers regarding the Palmyra including reference to great fire at the Liverpool warehouses, 1833, sale of the Cotton to

1826 - 1833

XM3252/89

inventory of the goods of Thomas Evans of Tynypwll of Nevin, farmer, including 1/16th of the Express of Pwllheli, 1826

papers regarding Capt. Robert Thomas, shipbuilder of Nefyn & Capt. David Davies of Nefyn, c.1839-98, n.d. including photocopies of account books of the Zebra, 1853-8 & the Elidir, 1854, account of money paid over the John<

1839 - 1898

construction ships correspondence

XM/5877

insurance policy of the Robert, 25 October 1839

1839

ships

XM1853

papers of W. Morgan Richards, including 2, account book of the NewExpedition of Porthmadog, 1839-60; 6, printed report on Porthmadog harbour by A. Caradoc Williams, 1913; 7, survey of the seaports of Caernarfon by Carenarvonshire Co

Within X/M/804/1-43 there is 1, crew wages book of the Alliance, sloop, 1840-1; 2, book of charter parties & other papers including 1-121, ships on charter from H. Owen & Son, Caernarfon, for the Savernake, 1870-93, Ireland, 187

photocopy of letter from Owen Jones, apprentice, to his father & mother, on the John Davies, New South Wales, regarding passage from Liverpool & kindness of crew, 14 November 1852; photocopy of note written by Bennett Jones, Barmout

letter from Thomas Jones, Liverpool, to his sister Margaret regarding sailing on the China to America, 16 February 1862

1862

correspondence

XM/1172

photocopies of papers regarding Harry Jones, goldminer, & the Welsh Company of Adventures, Cariboo, 1862-1935, n.d., including 25, diary of Captain John Evans, 1862-5; 26, cargo book of the New Blessing, 1822-4

1862 - 1935

mining journal ships

XM/8490

poster of the Royal Welsh Yacht Club regatta, Caernarfon, 4 August 1863

promissory note of Hugh Roberts, master of the Minnehaha to John Ellis after ship sails from Shields, 1868

1868

XM/3232/1

statement of apportionment of net proceeds of wreck of the John Wesley, schooner, c.1869

1869

XD8/4/1320

agreement for sale of 16/64 shares in the George Henry, 1869; 1327, deed of partnership of Messrs David Richards, ship chandler & Morris Jones, master mariner, both of Porthmadog regarding the establishment of a sailmaking business, 1875; 1328

contract for sale of ten shares in the Portmadoc Steam Tug Company, 1886;

1886

Breeze, Jones & Casson 504

correspondence with the Ffestiniog Railway Company including references to the opening of Deganwy Harbour, 1886;

1886

transport ports

XM/565/2

diary, etc. of ship's officer, 1886

1886

journal

Henry Parry collection

papers relating mainly to the maritime history of Caernarfonshire & the local history of Nefyn & the Lleyn peninsula, including X/M/658/4, logbooks of the Cadwgan, barque, 1886-7 & of the Iquique, ship, 1887;

1886 - 1887

XM/8322/26-8

bundle of letters from John & Joseph Davies Bryan including from on SS Arcadia, SS Plantain & SS Oxons, 1886-8, includes descriptions of their voyages to Egypt

papers of Capt. Griffiths, Moranedd, Aberdaron regarding the Beeswing, barque, 1893-1908 including 7-35, statement of accounts of the Beeswing Sailing Ship Co. of voyages including to south America, Oregon, Cork, New York, Shanghai, Rotterd

1893 - 1908

travel China correspondence

XM/1622/5/64-5

bundles of correspondence & papers regarding taking of shingle from the shore at Cymryd near Conway, 1893, 1902, 1902-25

1893 - 1925

coastal erosion

XD6/VI (CHS 1206): 1/

photographs taken on a voyage to the Far East & return, c.1894, including 1-3, unidentified ships, n.d, 23-6, photographs of the Empress of China, including Japanese emigrants to Canada, 60, B.J. Nebudda, 65-7, Dutch ship at Singapore & ha

1894 - 1902

illustrations travel

XM/9664

programme of concerts by the Llandudno Pier Co. Ltd, 1 September 1894

1894

leisure

XM/2615/19

letter of indemnity regarding the British & North Atlantic Steamship Company with associated letters, 1894-1903

letters of Wm Evans Morris, Porthmadog, to his family including references to voyage on SS John Williams, SS Rebecca, April 1894

1894

correspondence travel ships

XM/3137

papers regarding Capt. John Owen & voyage of the Republic to Brazil, 1894

1894

travel ships Americas

XM/6935

discharge certificates of Abraham Jones of Porthmadog, 1895-1918

1895 - 1918

service

Breeze, Jones & Casson 194

bills of sale & correspondence of La Querida, barque, 1895;

1895

Breeze, Jones & Casson 693

bailiffs' annual account of the Western Sea Fisheries District, 31 March 1895

1895

XM/2698/1-3

papers of Tom Jones comprising letter on the Blodwen to his wife Nell with news of ship at Deal, 7 May 1901; letter on the Norfolk Island at Liverpool to Miss Nell Owen, 29 March 1895; essay relating history of encounter with a Germa

naval papers of Wm Owen Jones of Botwnnog, including service certificate, 1923, certificate of registration, 1919 & victualling station card at Devonport, c.1918

1918 - 1919

navy

XM/2374

copy of the log of Capt. J. Hughes, Caernarfon, with an account of the loss of the Inverness, barque, by fire, 1918

1918

ships damage

XM/3375/1-2

photocopies of list of wrecks & shipping disasters with Australian connections or wrecked off Australia, n.d. & letter with account of wreck of the Amalthea, yacht, on 1 January 1919, 25 February 1977

1919 - 1977

XM/6763

misc papers regarding Thomas Williams of Criccieth, including 6, letter from Lewis Steamship Company regarding a month's wages to all men who were on the SS Quito which was torpedoed, 1919; 7, letter from Criccieth & District British Legion to

crew statements of the Stentor regarding its loss, 17 & 20 November 1946

1946

ships wrecks

Hughes 442-60

misc papers regarding the Porthdinllaen branch of the RNLI, 1949-79 including programme of naming ceremony of MV Charles Henry Ashley, newspaper cuttings, order of service of the handing over ceremony of the Kathleen Mary & the Horace Clarkson

1949 - 1979

rescue coastguard

M/1967

receipt book for duty paid to the Trinity House Pilotage Service calculated on pilots' earnings, 1951-66